Best of Luck!!!!!!!!!
Through unity we'll get the turkeys.
Smile,
Phyllis Ruubenfeld
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Mark Priestley wrote:
> For those European list members who have not seen this...
>
> >May 5th - Europe Day - in the last years has become a date on
> >which disabled people from many European countries advocate
> >together for equal rights and against discrimination. Initiated
> >by Disabled Peoples' International (DPI) and the European Network
> >on Independent Living (ENIL), many organisations join in a common
> >effort to make Europe Day a strong disability rights day through
> >demonstrations, blockades of inaccessible buildings and
> >transportation systems, panel discussions with politicians,
> >presentations about our demands and work, information booths and
> >public relation campaigns in more than 100 cities. In the view
> >of the upcoming elections of the European parliament disabled
> >people must show that the enactment and enforcement of strong
> >anti-discrimination legislation for disabled people is no longer
> >the dream of just a few, but a political demand which is
> >spreading across borders and challenging politicians.
> >
> >Inspired by the success of these Europe-wide Protest and
> >Awareness Days for Equal Rights, Disabled Peoples' International
> >and the German Council of Centers for Self-Determined Living -
> >ISL - are calling again for a "Europe-Wide Protest and Awareness
> >Day for Equal Rights and Against Discrimination of Disabled
> >People" on May 5, 1999.
> >
> >The structure of this year s activities will be similar to that
> >of the previous Protest and Awareness Days: Local, national and
> >international organizations participating in the Protest and
> >Awareness Day will make their own decisions about the activities
> >which they would like to sponsor and organize, depending on their
> >own political priorities and conditions in their cities or
> >countries. They will also coordinate press activities and the
> >public relations campaigns independently. The coordination
> >committee from DPI and ISL in Germany again have volunteered to
> >do the overall coordination for this year s Protest and Awareness
> >Day.
> >
> >To support us in our coordination effort and to enable all of us
> >to send a strong message from the disability community to the
> >various political bodies, we need your feedback about the
> >activities which you are going to do around the Protest and
> >Awareness Day by April 15,1999. This coordination activity will
> >be supported by the German campagne for equal rights "Aktion
> >Grundgesetz" and its coalition of more than 100 organisations for
> >equal rights.
> >
> >Anyone interested in participating in the Protest Day can contact
> >us under
> >
> >Disabled Peoples International Germany
> >c/o ISL e.V.
> >Koelnische Str. 99
> >D-34119 Kassel - Germany
> >Tel. +49 561/72885-46
> >fax: +49 561/72885-58
> >E.-Mail: [log in to unmask]
> Best Wishes
>
> Mark Priestley
> Disability Research Unit
> University of Leeds
> LEEDS
> LS2 9JT
> UK
>
> Tel: +44 113 2334417/2334418
> Fax: +44 113 2334415
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> http://www.leeds.ac.uk/sociology/dru/dru.htm
>
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